vocab
Light bulb
Thomas Edison
Vertical Intergration
System of consolidating firms involved in all steps of a products manufacture board in order to form a monopoly
What is the purpose of a Labor Union
The purpose of a Labor Union was to regulate relations between workers and the employer
What was a New Immigrant?
New Immigrants were usually Jewish or Catholic from Eastern and Southern Europe. Most were unskilled workers and poor.
How did the creation of steel affect industrialization?
The creation of steel affected industrialization by allowing the creation of stronger bridges and taller buildings. Also allowed cities to grow bigger
Telegram
Samuel Morse
Corporation
Company recognized as a legal unit that has rights and liabilities separate from each of its members
What were the reasons (3) workers needed Unions during industrialization
Child labor, high rate of injury or death at work, Broken machines
What is Urbanization?
Urbanization is the rapid growth of cities
After reading the Jungle, why was the meat industry allowed to be so unsanitary?
Combination of laissez-faire ect…
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew Carnegie
Steel company
Why were many people moving to the cities during Industrialization?
Moving there for jobs
What were the four main problems caused by Urbanization?
City living posed the risks of crime, poor housing, fire, and dirty water.
What law was passed to exclude Asian Immigrants?
The law barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens
Steel process
Henry Bessemer
JP Morgan
Finance company
What were the 4 reasons immigrants came to the United States (Pull Factors)?
Religious freedom, Economic opportunities, Escape war, More/better land.
Industrialization is the process of what?
Process of an economy changing from primarily agriculture to industry
Why did many African Americans move to cities like Detroit and Chicago?
Employment and escape the systemic violence.
Horizontal Intergration
System of consolidating firms in the same business
John D. Rockefeller
Oil company
What was an Old Immigrant?
Old Immigrants were mainly Protestant from Northern / Western Europe
What are the lasting impacts of industrialization of modern society?
Shifting labor to factory systems ect…
Vanderbilt
Railroad company